What did you wear in the 2000s?

As one decade ends and other begins, it’s fun to look back at the way we wore and speculate on what future fashion brings. We talked with experts in hair, beauty and fashion to get their perspectives.

Charlie Price, owner of Click salon and the runner-up on season two of “Shear Genius,” is working with Revlon on a professional product line to be launched in salons in 2010. It will debut in Europe in April and come to the US later.

While he liked the Hollywood glamour that ruled in the 90s, he’s drawn to the freshness of the long bangs and androgynous bowl cuts that both men and women – especially trendsetting musicians like the Horrors — are wearing right now. “There’s more styling and it looks good,” Price says.

As far as trendsetters go, he’s big on Lady Gaga. “In terms of actually doing something good and reinventing, once you see the whole package, she’s the best thing to come out since Madonna.”
He also likes the way “older women are being celebrated and showing there is beauty at any age.” Helen Mirren is an example. Meanwhile, the low celebrity moments of the decade belonged to such people as Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie and any of the “Real Housewives” shows, he says.

Paula Begoun is the author of “Don’t Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me” (now in its 8th Edition) and runs the website cosmeticscop.co, which covers the beauty industry
Beauty products have come a long way in a decade, but there’s still plenty to be wary of, Begoun says.
“We know more about sunscreen usage, there are very impressive formulations and there’s immense reseach on antioxidants,” she says. From Botox and collagen to now more than 30 different materials that can be injected, there are a lot of options, she says.The bad news, she says, is “the endless launch” of products touting organic and natural benefits, which amounts to “fear mongering, making you afraid of synthetic ingredients.” Natural ingredients can cause adverse reactions as easily as natural ones, she maintains.
And remember that for all the great stuff on the market, “there are no skincare products that come even fractionally close to what a dermatologist or plastic surgeon can do” to improve your skin, she says.
Going forward, look for products with more and more potent antioxidants and stability, as well as injectible substances that have more staying power, and better lasers, she says.

Sharon Graubard is senior vice president for trend analysis at Stylesight, an online provider of trend content, tools and technology for creative professionals in the fashion and style industries.

The years between 2000 and 2009 saw fashion looking back, but also fostering individuality, Graubard says. “Designers looked at past in new ways, throwing in 60s hippies, 70s disco, 80s punk, little bits of 90s grunge. And when it came to the 80s, it wasn’t the era of “Dynasty” that was created, but a “gritty, dangerous view.”
Still as she thinks of the decade’s color palette “it was pinks and oranges — warm, spiritual colors,” along with gray and black.
She likes the return of romanticism in menswear. “We haven’t seen it in a long time. ” Guys wearing softer bow ties, longer hair, skinny jeans, black boots, and scarves are the trendsetters.
Going forward, she sees the trend to eco chic fabrics and sustainable practices growing. “We’re moving away from just the idea of an organic cotton T-shirt to caring about the way something is made and where it is made.”